TURNER v. WILLIS

No. 6186.

582 P.2d 710 (1978)

Lawrance TURNER and Ursula Turner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rodney K. WILLIS, Sr., Hawaiian Reinforcing Steel Co., Ltd., and John Does 1 to 10, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Thomas, Jr., Honolulu (Michael F. McCarthy, Honolulu, with him on briefs; Hamilton, Gibson, Nickelsen, Rush & Moore, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Richard T. Kaneko, Honolulu (Wilfred H.C. Youth, Honolulu, with him on brief; Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


OGATA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict returned in favor of plaintiffs-appellees (hereinafter appellees) in a personal injury action. We conclude that the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded for new trial.

In their complaint, appellees alleged that appellant Rodney K. Willis negligently operated and/or negligently maintained a motor vehicle so that a pipe which protruded from the side of the motor...

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